Hog-yoke.



W. R. MOOARROLL- HOG YOKE.

APPLIOATIOI FILED AUG. 12, 1910.

Patented N0v.8, 1910.

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ATTORNEYJ WILLIAM R. MCCARROLL, OF HEDLEY, TEXAS.

HOG-YOKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 12, 1910.

Patented Nov. 8,1910.

Serial No. 576,889.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM R. MCCAR- ROLL, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hedley, in the county of Donley and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Yokes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hog yokcs.

The object of my invention is to provide a hog yoke which can quickly beattached to any hog and one which will prevent a hog wearing such a yokefrom going through or under a fence of the ordinary construction.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hog yoke which willprevent the animal Wearing the same from rooting or diggin up the soilin the pen in which he is confined.

Finally the object of the invention is to provide means of the characterdescribed that will be strong, durable, efiicient, and easy ofoperation, simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct, and alsoin which the several parts will not be likely to get out of workingorder.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation tocertain novel features of construction and operation, an example ofwhich is described in this specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1. is a perspective view of my device showin the same in positionon a hogs nose, and Fig. 2. is a plan view of my device.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a rod made of suitablematerial and has one end reduced at 2 to allow the rod to be passedthrough the nose of the hog to which it is desired to attach the yoke.The other end of the rod 1 supports at 3 diverging prongs 4 and 5 whichextend upwardly and terminate at a point over the snout of the hog afterpassing through hisears. Balls 6 and 7 have been placed on these prongsand are rovided with set screws 8 and 9 to allow a s iding adjustment ofthe ball on the arms 4 and 5. A similar ball 10 having a set screw 11threaded therein is arranged to be slipped onto the rod 1 after the samehas been passed through the snout of the hog and to be held in positionby the set screw 11. A cross bar 12 is also mounted on the rod 1 andarranged to be held in a horizontal position justbeyond the point wherethe rod 1 passes through the snout of the hog by a set screw 14.

The prongs 4 and 5 are suitably passed through the ears of the hog andthe balls 6 and 7 are arranged to be slid along the prongs to allow thesame to be passed through the ears of the hog, but after the prongs 4and 5 have been passed through the ears and the rod 1 has been passedthrough the snout, the balls (3 and 7 should be set on the prongs sothat they will rest within the ears of the hog, while the cross bar 12and the ball 10 should be adjusted on the rod 1 to prevent alongitudinal movepient of the same through the snout of the It isobvious that while the prongs 4 and 5 will prevent the hog equipped withsuch a hog yoke from passing beneath a fence of the ordinary wireconstruction the cross bar 12 would prevent him from going between thepalings of another fence and the point 2 on the rod 1 would engage inthe soil and prevent the hog from rooting under either style of fence.The least pressure placed on the end of the prongs 4 and 5 by coming incontact with a fence or other obstacle will cause the balls 6, 7 and 10to engage with the hogs snout and ears and render his efforts painful ifhe should persist in attempting to t force his way through or under afence.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. In a hog yoke, a rod adapted to be passed through the snout of a hog,a bar supported by the rod at a point above the hogs snout, a ballprovided with a set screw arranged to engage over one end of the rodafter the same has been passed through the snout of a hog, upwardlyextending prongs having connection with the other end of the rodarranged to pass through the ears of the hog, and balls provided withset screws fixed to slide on said prongs and arranged to normally restin front of the ears of the hog.

2. In a hog yoke, a rod adapted to be passed through the snout of a hog,a horizontal cross bar arranged on the rod adapted to have a slidingadjustment thereon, prongs diverging from oneend of the rod andextending through the ears of the hog in an upward direction, a ballarranged to slide over the end of the rod and to rest in front of the hos snout, a set screw arranged to hold said ball in position, and ballsmounted on the prongs adapted to be fixed thereon to prevent the samefrom sliding through the ears of the hog.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a rodadapted to be passed through the snout of a hog, of a cross bar mountedon the rod adapted to have a sliding adjustment, a ball arranged to enage over the end of the rod after the same as been passed through thesnout of the hog, and prongs extending from the rearmost extremity ofthe rod through the ears of the hog.

4. A- device of the character described, comprising a rod adapted to bepassed through the nose of an animal, a knob adapt- In testimony whereofI have signed my I name to this specification in the presence of 25 twosubscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM R. MGCARROLL. Witnesses:

SAM A. MoCARnoLL, G. A. WVINOI-IES.

